diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index 41aeeba8b..2ec1729a3 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ from utils import getStatusNumber
 from utils import urlPermitted
 from utils import load_json
 from utils import save_json
-from utils import isSuspended
+from utils import is_suspended
 from utils import dangerousMarkup
 from utils import refresh_newswire
 from utils import isImageFile
@@ -1749,7 +1749,7 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             else:
                 if self.server.login_failure_count.get(ipAddress):
                     del self.server.login_failure_count[ipAddress]
-                if isSuspended(base_dir, loginNickname):
+                if is_suspended(base_dir, loginNickname):
                     msg = \
                         htmlSuspended(self.server.cssCache,
                                       base_dir).encode('utf-8')
diff --git a/newswire.py b/newswire.py
index 3c23f27c1..baea8d339 100644
--- a/newswire.py
+++ b/newswire.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from utils import isPublicPost
 from utils import locate_post
 from utils import load_json
 from utils import save_json
-from utils import isSuspended
+from utils import is_suspended
 from utils import containsInvalidChars
 from utils import removeHtml
 from utils import is_account_dir
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ def _addBlogsToNewswire(base_dir: str, domain: str, newswire: {},
             nickname = handle.split('@')[0]
 
             # has this account been suspended?
-            if isSuspended(base_dir, nickname):
+            if is_suspended(base_dir, nickname):
                 continue
 
             if os.path.isfile(base_dir + '/accounts/' + handle +
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 2f7039b45..f2f1f888e 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -529,18 +529,18 @@ def get_config_param(base_dir: str, variableName: str):
     return None
 
 
-def isSuspended(base_dir: str, nickname: str) -> bool:
+def is_suspended(base_dir: str, nickname: str) -> bool:
     """Returns true if the given nickname is suspended
     """
-    adminNickname = get_config_param(base_dir, 'admin')
-    if not adminNickname:
+    admin_nickname = get_config_param(base_dir, 'admin')
+    if not admin_nickname:
         return False
-    if nickname == adminNickname:
+    if nickname == admin_nickname:
         return False
 
-    suspendedFilename = base_dir + '/accounts/suspended.txt'
-    if os.path.isfile(suspendedFilename):
-        with open(suspendedFilename, 'r') as f:
+    suspended_filename = base_dir + '/accounts/suspended.txt'
+    if os.path.isfile(suspended_filename):
+        with open(suspended_filename, 'r') as f:
             lines = f.readlines()
         for suspended in lines:
             if suspended.strip('\n').strip('\r') == nickname: